Sale reports / Mississippi / Grenada Livestock Auction / 2026-03-30

Grenada Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Grenada, Mississippi · Mon, Mar 30
● Final42 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2124
Feeder Cattle receipts
99 head
▲ 16 vs last sale 83▲ 99 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Slaughter Cattle receipts
29 head
▲ 13 vs last sale 16▲ 29 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
Replacement Cattle receipts
4 head
▲ 3 vs last sale 1▲ 4 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week: Feeder cattle sold unevenly steady. Slaughter cows sold 5.00 to 10.00 higher and slaughter bulls sold steady to 2.00 higher. Quality was average and demand was good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb steers averaged $464.23/cwt on 21 head. That ranks 9 of 10 comparable sales and sits +58.09 against this barn's trailing median of $406.13.
Average price
$464.23
21 head · 554 lb average
Value per head Derived
$2,571
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$93
per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Medium and Large 1
$29.56/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+12.17
vs MS average
−18.95 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1-2549472.672,59715thin
Medium and Large 1565443.112,5046thin
One grade step is worth $29.56/cwt here — about $93 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 500–600 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale21 hd
464.23
—
MS average12 barns · 203 hd
452.05
+12.17
National average169 barns · 10,003 hd
483.18
−18.95
This barn, trailing median10 sales
406.13
+58.09
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

10 sales
479429380331median 406.1303/3005/2509/0709/2811/02
Steers 500–600 lb: high $464.52, low $344.61, median $406.13 across 10 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,668211.873,5342thin
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,149177.702,04216
CowsBreaker 75-80%Average1,495175.002,6161thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,032150.371,5526thin

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Aged (>8 yrs)1,220$2,4251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenMiddle Aged (5-8 yrs)905$2,9251thin
Cow-Calf PairsOpenAged (>8 yrs)975$2,8252thin

Every lot

42 lots · USDA AMS · Grenada Stockyard - Grenada, MS
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers11 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1250635.00/cwt635.00–635.001,5881
Steers300–350Medium and Large 1313607.71/cwt575.00–632.501,9023
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1385550.00/cwt550.00–550.002,1181
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1415536.57/cwt510.00–545.002,2274
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1-2425537.50/cwt537.50–537.502,2844
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1495467.50/cwt467.50–467.502,3141
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1-2506501.26/cwt495.00–507.502,5368
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1525483.83/cwt475.00–492.502,5402
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1585422.75/cwt397.50–455.002,4734
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1-2599440.00/cwt440.00–440.002,6367
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1765365.00/cwt365.00–365.002,7921
Feeder Cattle · Heifers13 lots · lightest first
Heifers200–250Medium and Large 2235517.50/cwt517.50–517.501,2161
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1280549.51/cwt522.50–577.501,5392
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2310462.50/cwt462.50–462.501,4341
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330494.92/cwt487.50–500.001,6333
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1365482.50/cwt482.50–482.501,7611
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1-2390520.00/cwt520.00–520.002,0284
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420412.80/cwt400.00–425.001,7342
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1427463.95/cwt445.00–475.001,9816
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1-2451482.50/cwt482.50–482.502,1763
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1458463.81/cwt460.00–467.502,1242
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2480402.40/cwt392.50–412.501,9322
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2505380.00/cwt380.00–380.001,9191
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1518416.45/cwt410.00–427.502,1573
Feeder Cattle · Bulls9 lots · lightest first
Bulls200–250Medium and Large 1213624.12/cwt600.00–650.001,3292
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1340530.00/cwt530.00–530.001,8021
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1390537.50/cwt537.50–537.502,0961
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2390450.00/cwt450.00–450.001,7551
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2438456.31/cwt445.00–467.501,9992
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2480460.00/cwt460.00–460.002,2081
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1545425.00/cwt425.00–425.002,3161
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578418.65/cwt395.00–442.502,4202
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1625397.50/cwt397.50–397.502,4841
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls1 lot · lightest first
Bulls——1,668211.87/cwt208.00–216.003,5342
Slaughter Cattle · Cows4 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,032150.37/cwt143.00–159.001,5526
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,147173.12/cwt159.00–182.001,98612
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,156191.42/cwt184.00–200.002,2134
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,495175.00/cwt175.00–175.002,6161
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs3 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19002,250.00/head2,250.00–2,250.002,2501
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 19052,925.00/head2,925.00–2,925.002,9251
Cow-Calf Pairs—Medium and Large 11,0503,400.00/head3,400.00–3,400.003,4001
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 11,2202,425.00/head2,425.00–2,425.002,4251

This sale against other markets

Mississippi weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Mississippi auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.